Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«En el campo, todo se sabe.»
Word for word
In the countryside, everything is known.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: In small towns, nothing stays secret.
Said when gossip spreads quickly in small communities. It highlights how everyone knows everyone's business in rural areas.
Hear it in a sentence
En el campo, todo se sabe; apenas llegó al pueblo, ya todos conocían la noticia.
In small towns, nothing stays secret; as soon as she arrived in town, everyone already knew the news.
Why learn dichos?
Proverbs like this one are everywhere in spoken Spanish — dropped mid-conversation, usually just the first half, with the rest left for you to complete. Recognizing them is one of the fastest ways to sound less like a textbook and follow real speech. Every Lingocito edition signs off with the dicho del día, so you meet one a day next to news written at your exact level.